Financial Planning & Analysis Manager

Glanbia Nutritionals, Inc.; London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is looking for an experienced FP&A Manager to join their dynamic team in London. This role focuses on financial planning and analysis, collaborating with international finance teams to enhance reporting accuracy and drive finance transformation initiatives. You will own the financial planning processes, support month-end close, and prepare insightful presentations for executive stakeholders. If you are a self-starter with a strong analytical mindset and excellent communication skills, this is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in a company dedicated to better nutrition for every step of life’s journey.

Qualifications

• Experience leading financial planning cycles, such as annual budgets and reforecasts.
• Deep knowledge of accounting and financial principles.

Responsibilities

• Support financial planning processes and consolidate financial plans.
• Assist in storytelling of the international business with insightful reports.

Skills

Accounting Principles

Financial Planning

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Presentation Skills

SAP

Business Objects

CPG Experience

Tools

SAP

Business Objects

Job description

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FP&A Manager International, fixed term contract, 9 months

Join this dynamic team focused on delivering better nutrition for every step of life’s journey

The Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced FP&A professional to support Glanbia Performance Nutrition’s International FP&A team. The role will work closely with finance teams across GPN’s international markets to understand and explain business performance. Additionally, the role will collaborate with the International accounting team during month-end close to ensure complete and accurate reporting. The role will also support ongoing finance transformation initiatives within GPN. This is a 9-month fixed-term contract opportunity.

• Own and support the financial planning processes throughout the year (strategy, budgets, forecasts) by working with international markets to consolidate financial plans and explain overall financial performance.
• Support the month-end close process by reviewing the P&L, working closely with the accounting team to ensure reported results are complete and accurate, and explaining variances to the latest plan.
• Assist in storytelling of the international business by preparing clear, insightful reports and presentations comparing actual results versus plan and prior year.
• Drive improvements across the finance function, including developing and enhancing systems and processes related to financial planning, month-end reporting, and commercial finance analytics.
• Prepare ad hoc financial analyses and presentations as requested by the business and key stakeholders.

The Skills You Will Bring to the Team

• Deep knowledge of accounting and financial principles.
• Experience leading financial planning cycles, such as annual budgets and reforecasts.
• Experience preparing monthly financial presentations for executive stakeholders.
• Highly analytical mindset with the ability to extract insights and craft storylines from financial data.
• Self-starter with the ability to work effectively within a team.
• Experience working in environments with rapidly changing workloads, tight deadlines, and high client expectations.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Experience with SAP and Business Objects is advantageous.
• CPG experience is preferred.

Where and How You Will Work

The position is based at our offices in Vauxhall, London.

About Glanbia

The Glanbia Group comprises three divisions: Glanbia Performance Nutrition, Glanbia Nutritional's, and Joint Ventures. We offer extensive expertise in nutrition, employing 6,000 people, collaborating with global food and beverage companies, and selling products in 130 countries worldwide.

We celebrate diversity at Glanbia, recognizing that our individual strengths make us stronger together. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and will consider all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability.